hi everyone,
thanks for clearing my head about the desicion wheter to buy sensation XE and sony Xperia S. with its more RAM, better camera, increasing buyer and developer numbers, good screen and USB OTG support.
so, i have one more question. it is about USB OTG support. i know people can easily plug and play some certain external memory devices. i have go flex satelite ultra-portable usb 3.0 500 gb external hdd. i guess the USB 3.0 ones drawing less power so they can easily be run by phones or tablets. however i want to keep it NTFS formatted, it seems safer and faster than exFat. so i was wondering if there were any use of the app i have given the link below. can someone try it and report here?
thanks
I don't see the link, but if it's that Paragon thingy, then you don't need it. Just flash an NTFS enabled kernel and use StickMount.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rd3VsbC5udGZzbW91bnRlciJd
sorry, this is the link..
BTW is there any NTFS supoorting kernel for Xperia S? (i guess i need to read a lot more)
_delice_doluca_ said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rd3VsbC5udGZzbW91bnRlciJd
sorry, this is the link..
BTW is there any NTFS supoorting kernel for Xperia S? (i guess i need to read a lot more)
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I think both XSX and SSpeed kernel. I recommend StickMount by Chainfire, it's the kind of app that just works, but your link should work too.
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Hey,
I purchased a USB OTG cable for my Archos G9 I'm getting for Christmas (two days!)
I tried a mouse, 4 flash drives and a keyboard, knowing that the Ace most likely doesn't include Host mode.. It didn't work at all, So I was wondering if any kernels support it or roms?
I know it can be hacked through like kernel modules, Just wondering how much work it would be to create modules and drivers for it? I'm not that experienced with creating kernel modules and what not, I've created and ported roms and fixed kernels before for the GT540 and to be honest, I'm really not that good at it haha.
Does anyone know anything we could do to make it work?
Thanks in advance,
Jamie.
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Just saw this for the Blade, Based on the 600mhz 7227, http://sven.killig.de/android/Blade/usb_host/
Maybe this could be edited for our Ace?
I think that we can have USB Host, but i don't know why nobody tried to give us that feature... maybe cpu arch?
However, i want it too
daredj said:
I think that we can have USB Host, but i don't know why nobody tried to give us that feature... maybe cpu arch?However, i want it too
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It would be pretty cool Probably drain the battery alot though haha.
Its supported by the CPU as Qualcomm have said before, so its up to Samsung or a pretty cool and nice dev All the drivers and Kernel Modules are on the page I linked to so it'd be a case of making it all relative to the Ace and its kernel
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Hope I'm not bringing up too old a thread, but I searched in correct forum and this is what came up.
Any news of anyone building the correct Kernel for the Ace II in order to support USB Host ?
II have a Samsung engineer getting back to me about if Ace II Android 4.1.2 can mount external USB devices, but unless Samsung supports this II'll have to replace Android with something that can.
Needing this for photo transfer from camera SD card. I could use a mini SD card but just paid out for a highest speed SDHC card. Anyway those llittle SD mini SD cards are too easy to lose on mountaintops and that kind of thing
USB host wiht libusb
I also am still looking for usb host mode support.
Does anyone have any information?
I have a 64 gb microsd card for media. Diceplayer plays HD files beautifully on my evo3D across HDMI. The one setback is that FAT32 limits files to a 4GB limit.
Under any of the existing ROM's - is it possible to have our memory card formatted NTFS or EXFAT and have everything work?
I know it's possible in general - because many tablets have that capability. My cheap Arm8 based tablet (Ainol Novo7 Advanced) can handle NTFS or EXFAT formats for both the memory card, or USB host.
Is it possible for the Evo3D to handle these formats, now or in the future?
Since when E3D supports SDXC standard?
Terepin said:
Since when E3D supports SDXC standard?
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The Evo 3D can read those 64gb sdxc cards if you format them fat32
SteelH said:
The Evo 3D can read those 64gb sdxc cards if you format them fat32
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Exactly. It's a little tricky - because at first the phone reports the card as damaged. Which lead me to believe it would be incompatible. But with a little persistence, the phone will format the card fat32 (it arrives exfat).
Since then, I've been happily using the card for 2 weeks with no issues. I reported more detail in the accessory forum - but the write speed wasn't quite up to class 6 for mine, I measured around 5.5 megs/sec. But others have reported very high read speeds instead.
I did a quick search and it seems NTSF or exFAT support exists in Honeycomb (Android 3.X). I'm pretty sure that is cannot be done in Gingerbread or less (Android 2.3 or less). Maybe since ICS is a merge of Honeycomb and Gingerbread, the ICS Kernel supports this. Try out a ICS rom with the card formatted NTSF and see if it works.
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I did a quick search and it seems NTSF or exFAT support exists in Honeycomb (Android 3.X). I'm pretty sure that is cannot be done in Gingerbread or less (Android 2.3 or less). Maybe since ICS is a merge of Honeycomb and Gingerbread, the ICS Kernel supports this. Try out a ICS rom with the card formatted NTSF and see if it works.
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Actually - your information is mistaken. My Ainol Novo 7 Android tablet runs Gingerbread. Right now - it's memory card is formatted exfat, and I regularly use an NTFS drive via usb host.
Anyone get this to work on the Evo 3D?
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Actually - your information is mistaken. My Ainol Novo 7 Android tablet runs Gingerbread. Right now - it's memory card is formatted exfat, and I regularly use an NTFS drive via usb host.
Anyone get this to work on the Evo 3D?
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I cannot find any evidence of an Android phone with ntfs support. Android 3.x kernel can do it and some Chinese tablets with gingerbread can as you have said. The Chinese tabs can due to the developers inserting some binaries into their kernel. However, I've not seen any example of this working for an Android phone. I did see that there may be a connection to USB host and ntfs support. Maybe try a kernel that has USB host active like Goodman's and see if it works.
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I cannot find any evidence of an Android phone with ntfs support. Android 3.x kernel can do it and some Chinese tablets with gingerbread can as you have said. The Chinese tabs can due to the developers inserting some binaries into their kernel. However, I've not seen any example of this working for an Android phone. I did see that there may be a connection to USB host and ntfs support. Maybe try a kernel that has USB host active like Goodman's and see if it works.
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I'd be happy to try it (probably this weekend) but I've read that not everyone has been able to get USB host to work even with the ideal ROM and Kernel. Do you have a link to the right ROM and Kernel I should try?
my kernel supports NTFS, and will see a NTFS 1TB usb drive...
..............this did require rom support as well...
Formatting SD card with NTFS, that's just... Wrong.
Odoslané z môjho HTC EVO 3D X515m cez Tapatalk
Terepin said:
Formatting SD card with NTFS, that's just... Wrong.
Odoslané z môjho HTC EVO 3D X515m cez Tapatalk
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don't mind terepin he is a very known troll...
chad.goodman said:
my kernel supports NTFS, and will see a NTFS 1TB usb drive...
..............this did require rom support as well...
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Great! Can you give me a link to the ROM you're using?
chad.goodman said:
my kernel supports NTFS, and will see a NTFS 1TB usb drive...
..............this did require rom support as well...
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Hey Chad, is this related to USB host? I saw some stuff out there that seem to connect the two.
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Prove me I'm wrong.
I've been utterly unable to get this to work. Last night I flashed Olympus ROM - with the kernel it came with. I couldn't get USB host to work, and formatting the memory card anything but fat32 did not work.
Tonight - I flashed Chad Goodman's kernel, and it didn't work either for usb host, exfat or ntfs support.
Oh well - I'll keep trying. If anyone can tell me what the best ROM/kernel combination for trying this is - I'd really appreciate it.
Well - after a couple of days of flashing, I can't get USB host to work at all, nor alternate formats from a microSD card.
Though I guess it's possible that my coming from hboot1.5 is a factor, it seems my hardware revision might be a factor? I've seen one other person report a lack of success with a hardware rev of 0002.
Besides that - I'm a little surprised that my NTFS microsd card wasn't supported, seeing as how chad.goodman's kernel is supposed to enable that. Perhaps it only works via USB.
What would posses anyone to want NTFS on Android???
NTFS is really not the best option in FS out there, EXT security and file handling kicks NTFS 10 to 1 any day. Trust me, placing NTFS on a Linux system will make your system slower and full of issues because of the backward compatibility processing.
megabiteg said:
What would posses anyone to want NTFS on Android???
NTFS is really not the best option in FS out there, EXT security and file handling kicks NTFS 10 to 1 any day. Trust me, placing NTFS on a Linux system will make your system slower and full of issues because of the backward compatibility processing.
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It's about handling files larger than 4gb, which you can do with NTFS.
NTFS wasn't meant for Flash memories. exFat was.
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It's about handling files larger than 4gb, which you can do with NTFS.
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Exactly, our Evo 3D is capable of playing 1080P files - but most HD movie files are above 4GB.
I realize EXFAT would be superior - but that's not compatible either right now. That's disappointing because like I'd mentioned - my cheap Chinese tablet handles both formats with gingerbread.
I only tried NTFS because Chad.Goodman reported it as compatible on this thread.
Well we all know that the Xperia U lacks a SD card socket which is pretty lame if you are wanting to install alot of games, music and what now. However earlier today i was thinking, would a Micro USB to SD card reader work on the Xperia U?
Something like this :
http://www.chinabolton.com/upload/201203/watermark/1330592519.jpg
Obviously it will need kernel modifications but is it possible?
Xperia U has native OTG support, just buy a USB OTG cable and connect memory card/pen drive to it and it should also automatically mount it for you.
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Xperia U has native OTG support, just buy a USB OTG cable and connect memory card/pen drive to it and it should also automatically mount it for you.
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Oh thats great
What is the maximum SD storage space allowed on the Xperia U?
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Oh thats great
What is the maximum SD storage space allowed on the Xperia U?
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whats the maximum u can get??
just remember that the pen drives or card readers or mouse or keyboard consuming too much power wont work....
so trying to connect a 500gb hard disk is no go....
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whats the maximum u can get??
just remember that the pen drives or card readers or mouse or keyboard consuming too much power wont work....
so trying to connect a 500gb hard disk is no go....
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750GB Seagate and 1.5TB external powered WD work perfectly here.
Edit: XPS, not that it matters.
The moderator Commitee has informed me im too move all questions to the Q&A thread for you. because you need all the help you can get
Hello everyone,
I wanted to get your oppinion on buying a version of the XTZ because I can't decide.
By now I am thinking between the 32GB only version and the 16GB LTE version. I know the price difference so that's precisely why I want to make the best choice.
I still have a question to which I didn't find the answer ...
- does the XTZ read information from external USB 3.0 HDD's or there is a limitation of Android or of the tablet version?
I have two external 1 GB WD that i want to use ...
To surf the internet I don't mind making a hotspot with the smartphone.
Please advise.
pralycd said:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to get your oppinion on buying a version of the XTZ because I can't decide.
By now I am thinking between the 32GB only version and the 16GB LTE version. I know the price difference so that's precisely why I want to make the best choice.
I still have a question to which I didn't find the answer ...
- does the XTZ read information from external USB 3.0 HDD's or there is a limitation of Android or of the tablet version?
I have two external 1 GB WD that i want to use ...
To surf the internet I don't mind making a hotspot with the smartphone.
Please advise.
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It really depends if the XTZ will read external hard drives, USB 3.0 itself shouldn't be a problem.
1) How is the hard drive formatted?
Is it FAT32 or exFAT (Wifi version only) you're good to go. NTFS won't work.
2) Does it have external power support?
If not, it really depends if the XTZ USB port via OTG can provide enough power to run the hard drive. I have tested 2 hard drives so far (without any external power support) and the XTZ couldn't run either of them. But I have heard from several users that they actually made certain external hard drives work via OTG. It is really kind of a gamble if the XTZ can make your hard drives work and I wouldn't rely on it, there is no oother way around it to just test it out but I'd say the odds aren't great.
If it has external power support it should be no problem as long as the format is okay (check 1)).
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It really depends if the XTZ will read external hard drives, USB 3.0 itself shouldn't be a problem.
1) How is the hard drive formatted?
Is it FAT32 or exFAT (Wifi version only) you're good to go. NTFS won't work.
2) Does it have external power support?
If not, it really depends if the XTZ USB port via OTG can provide enough power to run the hard drive. I have tested 2 hard drives so far (without any external power support) and the XTZ couldn't run either of them. But I have heard from several users that they actually made certain external hard drives work via OTG. It is really kind of a gamble if the XTZ can make your hard drives work and I wouldn't rely on it, there is no oother way around it to just test it out but I'd say the odds aren't great.
If it has external power support it should be no problem as long as the format is okay (check 1)).
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Thank you very much. I checked and my two External HDD's can be formated to exFAT in Win8.
The only problem (and quite a big one actually) is represented by the power provided through la USB port on the XTZ.
I saw on the thread that you started that a few users in Germany managed to power a few External HDD's without external power support.
Can you please ask what kind of HDD's thay used? Make and model pls?
Thank you.
pralycd said:
Thank you very much. I checked and my two External HDD's can be formated to exFAT in Win8.
The only problem (and quite a big one actually) is represented by the power provided through la USB port on the XTZ.
I saw on the thread that you started that a few users in Germany managed to power a few External HDD's without external power support.
Can you please ask what kind of HDD's thay used? Make and model pls?
Thank you.
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Sure I will try to contact them, it was in a forum I don't visit that frequently though so I don't know how fast they will reply. I'll get back to you as soon as I know more.
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pralycd said:
Can you please ask what kind of HDD's thay used? Make and model pls?
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I've contacted the guy and he told me he was using a 3 year old, 500GB Seagate HDD but hasn't answered my question which exact model it was.
Hi all, I have purchased a 1TB harddrive and an otg cable. I can connect the harddrive with the otg cable into my Galaxy S4 phone and it can read the harddrive flawlessly.
However, when I attempt to connect it to my tablet Z, the hard drive makes clicking sound, sounding like a motor failing to run. And as expected, the tablet z cant detect it.
So I would like to know if the tablet z is not strong enough to power the harddrive and any solutions to work around this problem. Thanks!
My galaxy S4 is rooted, my tablet z is not, if that has to do with helps.
The harddrive is also portable.
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brench said:
Hi all, I have purchased a 1TB harddrive and an otg cable. I can connect the harddrive with the otg cable into my Galaxy S4 phone and it can read the harddrive flawlessly.
However, when I attempt to connect it to my tablet Z, the hard drive makes clicking sound, sounding like a motor failing to run. And as expected, the tablet z cant detect it.
So I would like to know if the tablet z is not strong enough to power the harddrive and any solutions to work around this problem. Thanks!
My galaxy S4 is rooted, my tablet z is not, if that has to do with helps.
The harddrive is also portable.
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Think this might be the case where S4 support NTFS(my note I does as well ) and XTZ only see Fat32 or ExFat...
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Think this might be the case where S4 support NTFS(my note I does as well ) and XTZ only see Fat32 or ExFat...
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If it's a power issue you could put a powered usb hub between the otg cable and the disk.
Or you could buy a usb powerpack and plug the usb power cable into that, assumming the drive has a cable with 2 usb connectors.
Pihkal said:
If it's a power issue you could put a powered usb hub between the otg cable and the disk.
Or you could buy a usb powerpack and plug the usb power cable into that, assumming the drive has a cable with 2 usb connectors.
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Correct me if I m wrong...something changed or XTZ still desnt support NTFS... with 4.2 they added exFAT ? so XTZ wont suppot NTFS with SD card/with pendrive(stock rom).
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Correct me if I m wrong...something changed or XTZ still desnt support NTFS... with 4.2 they added exFAT ? so XTZ wont suppot NTFS with SD card/with pendrive(stock rom).
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I don't know about stock ntfs support but I do know there are apps that enable ntfs support.
The downside is they require root.
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I don't know about stock ntfs support but I do know there are apps that enable ntfs support.
The downside is they require root.
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Please dont feel touched but It would be good if you maybe provide app name or link to forum? Its not too helpfull saying I heard/read somewhere
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Please dont feel touched but It would be good if you maybe provide app name or link to forum? Its not too helpfull saying I heard/read somewhere
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I was replying from my tablet and I don't like to type on the thing.
I'm on my laptop now...
Any way, here you go:
Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+
[root] Ntfs Mounter
Both available in the play store.
I've never used them, you have to try it yourself.
Hope this helps.
Paragon works flawlessly on the Tablet Z.
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hasenbein1966 said:
Paragon works flawlessly on the Tablet Z.
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please tell me what version of PARAGON use.
also used another program?
thanks
hasenbein1966 said:
Paragon works flawlessly on the Tablet Z.
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Thanks, maybe I buy a otg host on monday
Marv42 said:
Thanks, maybe I buy a otg host on monday
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Did you make it work???